"The White Man's Burden" was written by Rudyard Kipling as a poem calling on the United States to take up the "burden" of empire, specifically in the context of American colonization of the Philippines in the late 19th century.
It refers to Blacks.
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It was written during the age of Imperialism. The "White Man's Burden" meaning is to "civilize the natives". This was done by giving them health care, education and religion.
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The short poem "The White Man's Burden" was written by Rudyard Kipling and published in McClure's in 1899. The subtitle "The United States and the Phlippine Islands" was seen as a warning to the imperial ambitions of the US, in the context of 400 years of European overseas empires. A non-fiction book of the same name was written in 2006 by professor William Easterly of New York University. The book concerns the underlying reasons for the failures of many humanitarian aid programs in the developing countries of the world.
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Yes, "The White Man's Burden" was a poem written by Rudyard Kipling in 1899 about the perceived responsibility of Western nations to bring civilization and progress to non-Western societies. It reflects the imperialistic attitudes prevalent during that time.
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